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Lisa
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Date Posted: 11:44:58 12/09/02 Mon
In reply to:
Ian Line
's message, "12-9-2002" on 01:55:51 12/09/02 Mon
Love.....what does one know about love??? What does anybody know about love? Is it just a pretty girl? Wearing the latest fashions? Is it a hot guy that makes you feel special and causes all the other girls to envy you? Does it mean anything deeper to anyone? Does it mean commitment? What does commitment mean? It means that you stick to something....no matter the cost! You don't give up on something or someone because of a disagreement or because it gets hard! You talk about it. You work it out. Conflict is good. If everyone always thinks the same thing your life becomes bull crap. It's when someone challenges you with conflict that the real you comes out and you learn things. Are you spiteful? And prideful or are you humble and gracious? If you really love someone then you are committed to them. If you are really committed to someone then you say the hard stuff....the stuff that they need to hear, but probably don't want to hear and you cause conflict. You don't just cause conflict and not say why......that's not love. You don't mock people because you think you're better than them....you try to bring them to a new level. If you know more than someone than teach them. Jesus never said, "You stupid fool......I'm so much better than you. Look how dumb you are." No, took pity on people that were lower than himself. Look at who he chose to follow him.....he chose a bunch of misfits and losers. And he loved them! Do you operate in love? Do you even try to operate in love? If you don't you are nothing, you have nothing and you are going nowhere. You can have loads of things spoken over your life and you have absolutely nothing if you can't love. Love your enemies.....does that mean anything? How can you love your enemies when you can't even love your friends? I never thought I had enemies, but apparently people that once were my friends, people that I still would do anything for and once thought would do anything for me are making themselves my enemies. I still don't know why, but I guess all I can do is accept it and move on.....I don't want to accept it, I want nothing more than for things to be different. Doesn't it make sense that if we really want the same thing, really have the same goals that we should be able to work together to achieve these things? Instead ripping and tearing apart what was started, what was the beginning of something bigger than all of us? And ripping and tearing apart each other in the process.......If I'm wrong, I want nothing more than for someone to tell me that I'm wrong, in love of course, but that's what love does. It corrects, it disciplines, it sees and loves the person despite the behavior, but it can't allow the behavior to stay. If I'm wrong I want to be told. I long for correction. I want to be pure. I want to be focused. I want to see God and know God and I want nothing and noone to stand in the way of me knowing my daddy. I want people to come with me......but I won't let anyone, including myself stand in the way of what I want.
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